Evolve could take co-op gameplay to the next level this year. Turtle Rock Studios founder and design director Chris Ashton tells Dave Cook how the studio’s dissatisfaction in Left 4 Dead fuelled its biggest project to date.

Evolve could take co-op gameplay to the next level this year. Turtle Rock Studios founder and design director Chris Ashton tells Dave Cook how the studio’s dissatisfaction in Left 4 Dead fuelled its biggest project to date.

Evolve developer Turtle Rock recently unveiled its next-gen co-op shooter in the pages of Game Informer. More details have emerged from the issue, covering the way aliens evolve, class abilities and more.

Left 4 Dead developer Turtle Rock has said it’s seeking developers with CryENGINE experience for its unannounced THQ FPS, with one advertised job having a hard requirement as having shipped “at least one PC/PS3/Xbox 360 cross-platform title.”

This Shacknews story carries detail on how to get a bit more from the now-released Left 4 Dead demo, including playing split-screen on one PC and taking on the roles of the zombies themselves. It’s just down to a few console commands and a little jiggerypokery, apparently. Hit the link to see.

RockPaperShotgun’s posted the second part of the write up from its trip to Valve, this time focusing on Left 4 Dead’s Versus mode. Hit this for the chaps’ view on the zombie shooter’s general co-op. There’s more words there than you could ever need. The game’s demo’s out this week for those that pre-ordered, with […]

According to this Edge piece, Left 4 Dead pre-orders are now 60 percent ahead of those for The Orange Box, up for 40 percent in the lead at the beginning of October. “People had really strong reactions to Left 4 Dead when we started showing it,” said company boss Gabe Newell. “Our pre-orders are running […]

Valve’s put out some new Left 4 Dead screens, and it’d be safe to safe this is shooting nicely up our most wanted pole. Them updead need a good beating. Out in November for PC and 360. There’s a new hands-on on Gamespot, if you’re interested.